The efficacy and function of hard-branched black lock plum

Hard-branched black clover is often used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine. This is also because of the medicinal value of the hard-branched blackthorn plum itself, so today I will tell you about the relevant knowledge about the hard-branched blackthorn plum.

[Other names] Lock plum, ground-drilling wind, wind-soothing grass (Southern Yunnan Materia Medica), black lock plum (Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities), red thorn bubble, purple grass (Compiled version of Southern Yunnan Materia Medica)

[Source] It is the root or leaf of the Rosaceae plant. The roots are harvested in autumn, washed, sliced ​​and dried.

[Original form] Deciduous small shrub, 50 to 120 cm tall. The branches, petioles and inflorescences are all thorny; the new branches are reddish purple and densely covered with white fine hairs; the old branches are purple-brown and covered with hairs. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, with 5-9 (-11) leaflets, broadly ovate or rhombic-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, the terminal leaflet is the largest, rhombic, or 2-3 lobed, with short pointed or acuminate apex, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin doubly serrulate or coarsely serrulate, white-green beneath, densely covered with fine hairs; petiole about 1-3 cm long; stipules reddish purple, lanceolate, and hairy. The cymes are terminal or axillary, with small flowers, about 6 mm in diameter; there are 5 sepals, lanceolate or ovate-trimorph; there are 5 petals, pink, obovate, with short claws at the base; there are many stamens, separate; there are many carpels. The aggregate fruit is oblate, about 1 cm in diameter, red, purple-black when ripe, and densely covered with pubescence. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on hillsides and bushes. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet and other places.

[Properties and flavors] "Selected Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicines": "astringent, slightly bitter, neutral."

【Function】 ① "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Washing scabies and cheek sores."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian. For external use: mash and apply.

[Remarks] The fruit of this plant is used as raspberry in Yunnan.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the introduction of the above content, we can understand that hard-branched black lock plum plays a very important role in some diseases. The consumption of the Chinese medicine hard-branch black lock plum should be determined according to each person's physical condition. Remember not to take the medicine blindly.